Banned book week is up & coming — 9/21/02-9/28/02. Celebrate by reading a banned book! You can find a list of the top 100 challenged books here, and the top 100 challenged classics here, care of the American Library Association.
Another site with some great commentary, among other things, The Banned Book Project.
Take your first amendment rights out for a walk & check on your other rights while you’re out & about, eh?
That list made me cry. I swear, I will get every single one for Spike. Well, okay, I’ll save Madonna’s Sex for me…
Just realized the classics link is wrong — I’ve corrected it. You should see some of the challenged classics. Holy freaking cow. Charlotte’s fucking WEB?
I’m reading Charlotte’s Web to Spike right now. What’s the friggin’ argument against Charlotte’s Web?
Dunno. Talking animals is work of the anti-Christ or something probably….
That would explain Winnie the Pooh’s presence on the list. Damn. I’m pleased to see a heavy inclusion of books that Gideon’s read already, & it gave me some good ideas for suggestions for him (I think we’ll skip American Psycho, though). One more thing I will sing the praises of the New York City public school system for – they don’t seem to give a damn about stuff like that.